NATIONAL WOMEN'S SOCCER LEAGUE

February 7, 2013SUPPLEMENTAL DRAFTNWSL teams select more players

CHICAGO---National Women's Soccer League teams continued to build their rosters with the league's Supplemental Draft held via conference call on Thursday. In all, 45 players were selected in the six-round draft, as three clubs chose to pass in the final round.

Each of the eight NWSL clubs submitted a list of 8-10 players to construct the list of players to be eligible for the draft. Domestic and international players were eligible for the Supplemental Draft but each team is allowed only two international players, in addition to the international players that were allocated earlier.

After the Supplemental Draft, clubs may claim up to four Discovery Players, securing the rights to sign those players heading into preseason training camps. Discovery Players may be either international or domestic. Players who were eligible for but not selected in the Supplemental Draft may be claimed as Discovery Players. The rights to Discovery Players will be allocated to a team on a "date of submission priority" basis. If two teams submit the same player, the team that submitted the player first will have the opportunity to sign that player.

Players who were not on the submitted lists of the NWSL clubs are not eligible for the Supplemental Draft, but may be claimed as Discovery Players following the draft. Teams will be allowed to carry 18-20 players on their regular season rosters.